Graphic design MA

1. the ability to solve problems with a practical, functional design focus
2. design knowledge that can be used across all graphic design interfaces
3. innovative graphic solutions based on freedom of experimentation
4. innovative solutions based on individual identity, but which can also be developed in teamwork
5. socially sensitive communication strategy building and creative thinking that reflects social problems
6. the methods of Design Thinking
7. a practice-oriented, creative design attitude, and the ability to respond to real-life, real-world situations

1. The first semester focuses on typography, book design, illustration, infographics, packaging design, image identity, and branding
2. The second semester involves your specialization. You can develop your knowledge focused on the selected area, in all surfaces of graphic design, or in graphic art and illustration
3. The third semester includes complex, integrated design processes, experimental design tasks in both specializations
4. During the fourth semester, your instructors help you to create complex visual messages as a result of the research process, to implement the myBRAND portfolio and the diploma work

1. Graphic Design 

Our master’s program builds on the experience you gained in your bachelor’s degree, giving you the practical, real-world skills that you need to pursue graphic design at a high level. Choose this specialization to develop your individual artistic voice in traditional graphic design surfaces and new media fields. We prepare you for your career, so you can design and execute the most impactful, multi-faceted creative visual messages in all areas of graphic design.

1.  What can you study with the Graphic Design Specialization?
2. Typography, logo, pictogram, identity, packaging, book, poster and web design, branding, identity design,board game design, infographics and infodesign.

1. Main topics of the specialization:  
2. Graphic Design Studio Practice, Creative Graphic Design Studies, Experimental Design, Data Visualisation, Branding, Product Design, Complex Design, Print Media, Web Design,Corporate Identity, Typography, Sustainability

1. Graphic Art 

If you are looking to develop your own, independent artistic expression and further polish your manual skills in illustration, comics, book cover, poster and book design, choose the Graphic Art specialization! 

1. What can you study with the Graphic Art Specialization? 
2. In addition to complex Graphic Design and typography tasks, you can also study unique and reproduced graphic genres, art book design, creative bookbinding, Pop-Up book design, manual and digital illustration.

1. Main topics of the specialization: 
2. Graphic Design Studio Practice, Reproduction Graphics, Book Design, Poster Design, Graphic Design Techniques, Illustration Design, Comics, Creative Graphic Design Studies, Experimental Graphics, Graphic Installations



Specializations are launched only if a sufficient number of students wish to join the specialization

1. independent artist, graphic designer, illustrator and graphic artist
2. in graphic studios and creative agencies as an art director or graphic designer
3. work in the online and print media as an illustrator, image editor, artistic head, DTP editor or web designer

1. Graphic Design Studio Practice
2. Creative Graphic Design Exercises
3. Experimental Design
4. Data Visualization
5. Corporate Identity
6. Brand Building
7. Packaging and Product Design
8. Complex Design
9. Print Media
10. Graphic Workshop Practice
11. Book Design
12. Illustration
13. Web Design
14. Graphic Design Research Methodology
15. Typography Design Theory
16. Experimental Typography
17. Type Design
18. Sustainability in a Cultural Anthropological Approach
19. Critical Cultural Studies
20. Creative Visual Communication Practice
21. Media Technology Practice
22. Integrated Co-art Practice

“The graphic artist is responsible for the message, its artistic and aesthetic quality, however, beyond this, they have to take social and ecologic factors into consideration. What effect does the message have? What materials to use when a packaging is designed? What effect will it have on the environment? We would like to introduce our students into the experimental workshop of (re)interpreted graphic design so that we can change the world together.” 

GYULA JÚLIUS DLA, Associate Professor, Munkácsy Prize-winning artist, Head of Department 

“School assignments are colourful, there can be many “good” solutions. Everybody can show the side where they are really good at, in our work emphasis is on individual approach.” 

graduate student MARCELL PUSKÁS 

"I had many great teachers from whom I could learn all sorts of tricks and experiment without limit. Whatever solution I came up with, I never felt like I was being talked out of it. They helped me unpack the idea and find the tools to best express myself." 

graduate student ZSÓFIA PRESSING 

1. BC4LS Sustainability Design Competition 2023: Kata Lagzi, Graphic Design MA - 1st Prize; Ágota Habony, Graphic Design BA - 3rd Prize
2. Vylyan Bogyólé Wine Label Competition 2023, Vivien Icsa 1st Prize
3. ‘Connect us’ exhibition at Vienna Design Week 2022, our students exhibited works that were made for the European Cultural Capital 2023 Project
4. Vylyan Bogyólé Wine Label Competition 2022, Myriam Babarczy 2nd Prize, 
5. ARTHUNGRY 2021, Babarczy Myriam 3rd Prize, Máhr Zsófia 2nd Prize
6. Vylyan Bogyólé Wine Label Competition 2021, Veronika Kovács 1st prize, Dóra Eső Audience Prize
7. OMDK 2021, Dorottya Kelemen 1st prize, Zsófia Máhr 1st prize, Enikő Varga 3rd prize
8. ARTHUNGRY 2020, Fanni Sipos 1st prize, Regina Vitányi 2nd prize
9. Graduation Projects Competition 2020, Enikő Horák 2nd Prize
10. SEIGNWEEK 2017, STARTING POINT Exhibition by Budapest Metropolitan University
11. Laura Sásdi received a surcharge of Móra Ferenc Publishing at the Golden Vackor children book illustration competition in 2017
12. METU ART DIPLOMA PRIZE Orsolya Kosztándi, Luca Kálmán
13. 9TH INTERNATIONAL STUDENT POSTER BIENNALE Skopje, Réka Némedi Varga: main prize, 2017
14. POLISH FILM SPRING 2017, poster exhibition, Művész Cinema
15. BRANDPACK, Galamb Street Gallery
16. ENTER, Exhibition Palace Budapest
17. FONT/ IMAGE Gallery of Ervin Szabó Library
18. POLISH SIGNS, Polish Masters workshop and, exhibition, METU
19. OMDK 2017, Marcell Puskás: 2nd prize, Laura Sásdi: 1st prize, Dániel Szakos: 1st prize

1. MARCELL PUSKÁS: numerous individual exhibitions, Red Dot Prize
2. ZSÓFIA SZTRANYÁK: design of the Hungarian exhibitors, Book Art Festival Leipzig 2017, German Design Award and Hungarian Design Award 2019
3. KRISZTINA GYETKÓ: Budapest ZOO celebrates 150th year anniversary – design of the billboards and invitation cards
4. KATALIN CSENGERI: graphic artist – IKEA
5. ANNA TÖMÖSVÁRI: communication designer – Saatchi&Saatchi
6. JÚLIA DÉR, GABRIELLA BÁCSI: graphic designers – PREZI
7. DOROTTYA KELEMEN – Deutsche Telecom
8. ORSOLYA KOSZTÁNDI – Epidemic Sound
9. ZSÓFIA PRESSING – Warner Media
10. MERCÉDESZ VÖRÖS – Brightly